Firefly Aerospace and Japanese company ispace are putting their moon landers on the same SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which is scheduled to lift off in January.

He went on to say that iSpace was still committed to hitting its next launch window, which would send another spacecraft to the Moon sometime in 2027 using the company's new Apex 1.0 lander.

ispace's RESILIENCE Lunar Lander crashed in Mare Frigoris on June 6, 2025, after a Hard Landing Moon. The Japan Moon Mission failed, losing payloads like ESA's Tenacious rover.

The crash landing was the second for ispace in two years. This time, the company’s lander named Resilience was aiming for the moon’s far north in Mare Frigoris, or Sea of Cold.

Models of the lunar lander Resilience (centre, L) and the lunar rover Tenacious (centre, R) operated by Japanese private company ispace are displayed at the Moon landing event venue in Tokyo on ...

NASA released the pictures Friday, two weeks after Ispace's lander slammed into the moon. The images show a dark smudge where the lander, named Resilience, and its mini rover crashed into the Mare ...

A private lunar lander from Japan crashed while attempting a touchdown Friday, the latest casualty in the commercial rush to the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure ...